How to play keyboard

Look at the keyboard. Whether you’re playing an iPad recreation of a vintage synth, a monster digital workstation keyboard, or a full-fledged concert grand piano, they all have exactly the same key layout, and may differ only in the number of key
It's always so impressive to watch a piano master at work, with their fingers flying across the keyboard and their faces wearing a look of total concentration. This article may not teach you acrobatics on the ivories, but it will definitely give you a few ideas to get you started down that path.
Notice there are 2 different kinds of keys: Black keys, and white keys. It may look confusing at first but here are a couple things that will make it easier.

• There are only 12 basic notes. Every set of 12 notes is the same as every other set of 12 notes, only higher in pitch, or lower in pitch.
• Every single white key is part of the C Major scale.
• Every single black key is either called a “sharp” (#) or a “flat”(b).
• Look at the keyboard again. Notice the pattern, starting from the C on the left side of the picture. It has a tab pointing to the right. The next note, D, has little tabs on each side, and the next note, E, has a tab to the left.
  • Notice the pattern of 2 white keys bracketing 2 black keys and a white key in the middle.
  • Notice the next group up has the same type of grouping, only with 3 black keys and 2 white keys in the middle, between the notes F and B.
  • Look at the keyboard again. Notice the pattern, starting from the C on the left side of the picture. It has a tab pointing to the right. The next note, D, has little tabs on each side, and the next note, E, has a tab to the left.
    • Notice the pattern of 2 white keys bracketing 2 black keys and a white key in the middle.
    • Notice the next group up has the same type of grouping, only with 3 black keys and 2 white keys in the middle, between the notes F and B.
    • Find the C closest to the middle of the keyboard. This is Middle C, or C3. The C notes above it are C4, C5, C6, etc. The C notes below it are known as C2, C1, C0.
    • Play a song. Yes, that’s right. It’s that easy! Start on C3, imagine yourself walking normally, and for every step you imagine, play the next white key up, until you reach C4—then stop. Okay, it’s not much of a song, but all the basics were there—playing specific notes in a specific order for a specific amount of time. This is what you played looks like on sheet music:

      • Play it again. Just like before, imagine yourself walking, and for each step, play the next note up the keyboard. This time, look at each note, reading from left to right, before you play it on the keyboard. Now you're not only playing a song, you're reading music!